[GRASS5] Initial window state

[Radim Blazek]

On Friday 19 July 2002 01:02 am, Roger Miller wrote:
> I get blank screen behavior in a number of different ways, but that
> behavior is a fairly minor problem to an experienced user.  I think the
> main case where the blank screen result is a problem is when a new user is
> forced to set the map region when they first start GRASS.  Most people
> probably don't know the area they need to cover and they don't have any
> basis for understanding the significance of the initial region settings. 
> Often the user's initial window settings are incorrect or just useless and
> the first map they try to display produces a blank screen.  When that
> happens GRASS looks broken; in fact one could say that GRASS *is* broken
> because it lets that happen.

What about warning:
> d.rast map=x
WARNING: Map 'x' is outside the current region, try 'g.region rast=x'

Radim